Having a successful online presence is hard enough. Throwing some website security-related terms into the mix makes it all the more difficult, especially if you’re not a technical person or computer security guru. Although some folks in IT intentionally make web vulnerabilities difficult to understand…
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Acunetix to Be Exhibited at Globaltek 2011
Acunetix WVS will be exhibited at the 2011 Globaltek Security Conference — held on the 26th of October 2011 at the Hotel Dann Carlton in Bogotá, Colombia. Entry to the conference is free of charge, and the topics covered are guaranteed to be of interest to both…
PHP Security Directive: Your Website is Showing PHP Errors
With the display_error PHP configuration directive enabled, untrusted sources can see detailed web application environment error messages which include sensitive information that can be used to craft further attacks. Attackers will do anything to collect information in order to design their attack in a more sophisticated way…
VIDEO: How Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Works
XSS vulnerabilities (Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities) are often overshadowed by their big cousin, the infamous SQL Injection. This does not make them any less effective or deadly. XSS and SQL Injection attacks are similar in the way they inject malicious code. The difference is that an…
Your WordPress Database Table Prefix Is Not Secure
Prefixes are given to table names so they cannot be easily guessed by a hacker or malicious user. When guessed, the default database table prefix can make life easy for a hacker and enable attacks (like SQL Injection) to be easier to execute successfully. By…
Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner Version 7 build 20111005
An updated build of Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner Version 7 was released. This new build, numbered 20111005, includes two new features (support for a wider variety of web applications), a good number of improvements to the PHP AcuSensor technology, and also a minor bug fix….
How To Tell If You Own a Hacked Website
When it comes to computer hacking and Internet data breaches the news media and filmmakers tend to sensationalize and over-produce what really happens. To the average person, they create the perception that a hacked website will cause the user’s computer to blip and bleep, video…
Acunetix To Be Exhibited At GITEX Technology Week 2011
Comguard, the Acunetix distributor based in Dubai, will be participating in GITEX 2011, heralded as one of the largest and most important ICT events around the globe. Alive with the energy of the ICT sector and the buzz of real business, GITEX Technology Week — held…
Critical XSS Flaw Discovered in Barack Obama’s Website
A security research team called Vulnerability-Lab have discovered a persistent XSS vulnerability in the official website of Barack Obama. This is not the first time that the president’s website was targeted. About a year ago SecurityShell reported a similar XSS vulnerability on their blog. This…